Dear Polkadot Frens:

As many are aware, my good friends at Modern Market, BCheque and Legendary, have been tapped to showcase parts of the Polkadot ecosystem in a limited sponsorship via the Marketing Bounty. 

Many of you may also recall my attempt to lock them up for a 6 month headline sponsorship during the window of time when the old MB was defunct and the new one hadn't been set up (Ref. 1085). Since that point in October, the show has seen an explosion in growth, partly fueled by my friend and frequent contributor s4mmy.eth's relentless focus and research on the AI agent niche within the broader crypto market.

I am undoubtely happy for both the Modern Market crew as well as the ecosystem to get some exposure through their show. I have told them I will help bring anyone from Polkadot to their Founder Friday interviews and otherwise remain a resource for them due to my daily appearance on the show as a regular panelist and occasional guest co-host duties.

Having said that, and based on my past experience as a recruiter before joining Lucky Friday / Web3 full time ~ 2.5 years ago, I believe I deserve a small finder's fee for highlighing this talented team and introducing them to the ecosystem. The Marketing Bounty curators even went so far as to tell me that because of my introduction it made the vetting easy and they green lit them through the new agency that brought them (and others) to the MB.

However, in the recruiting world, this is a massive no-no. If "candidates" are presented by other agencies (or individual recruiters), it is incumbent upon the client to return to the original recruiter to continue conversations with the candidate. Granted, I do not expect the curators to know or do this, but it definitely bothered me that I was cut out of the loop in this process and only informed after the fact. At the time of the original deal, I was only asking for a 5% (very, very low) commision, half of which I was willing to donate via Teddy DAO to a charity of the MM crew's collective choice.

I am asking for a small tip to help rectify this situation, which is just over 10% of my original cut (had to go with the meme number). I believe this is more than resonable considering the circumstances, but happy to hear from others as to why this isn't deserved.

Thank you in advance for your support!

Gratefully,

Ryan / Phunky